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On Tuesday, Jeremy Strohmeyer, 19, pleaded guilty to murder, kidnapping and sexual assault and will be sentenced October 14 to life in prison without parole.

The case attracted national attention in part because Strohmeyer's friend, 19-year-old David Cash Jr., said he saw Strohmeyer begin to assault the girl, but did not intervene and did not tell authorities later when Strohmeyer allegedly told him that he killed her.

"The fact that David Cash apparently stood by and allowed this heinous crime to happen, and then boasted of his lack of concern on a live radio call-in show makes Sherrice's terrible death even more tragic," Lampson said.

The controversy has drawn angry calls for Cash's ouster from the University of California at Berkeley, where he is a sophomore. After a tumultuous debate Wednesday night, the student senate approved a nonbinding resolution to demand that Cash leave the university. The final 10-to-9 vote, with two abstentions, was cast after an initial ballot resulted in a tie.

But Irami Osei-Frimpong, president of the Associated Students of the University of California, vetoed the measure and said the legislative body has no authority to pass moral judgments. The matter will be reconsidered next week at the request of supporters, but would require a two-thirds vote to override the veto.

The university has said it has no grounds to expel Cash because he has not been charged with any crime or violation of the student code.

Lampson's bill would require states to enact criminal penalties against witnesses who don't report sexual crimes against children, Lampson said.